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Duterte fed up with House intramurals; new speaker elected

His predecessor, Alan Peter Cayetano, had resigned, saying that he might have “misunderstood” the president. On Monday morning, in a session held outside the House chamber, 186 of the  297 members elected Velasco as the new speaker Cayetano called the election a  sham and claimed that 200 members s…
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Cuba urges calm as overhaul of monetary system looms

The Caribbean island nation is undergoing a crisis caused by an onslaught of new U.S. sanctions on top of a decades-old embargo, the pandemic and its inefficient Soviet-style command economy. Alejandro Gil, speaking during a prime-time broadcast on state-run television, said the country could not o…
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Pro-Duterte lawmakers squabble over speakership

In a manifesto shared to media, the Velasco faction claims to have the support of 187 House members, which constitute a majority of the  House of Representatives’ 299 members. “In accordance with Section 13, Rule 3 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, of the 18th Congress, we call to assem…
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CDC reports 213,614 deaths from coronavirus

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as Covid-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on Oct. 10 versus its previous report a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
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Fauci says his remarks were taken out of context in Trump ad

The ad, released last week, discusses Trump’s effort to recover from the coronavirus personally, as well as his administration’s work to address the pandemic. The 30-second spot uses older remarks from Fauci in a way that suggests he was praising the president. “I can’t imagine that anybody could b…
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